The University of California, Irvine Student Health Center has been the victim of a HIPAA breach. Nearly 2,000 pieces of PHI (protected health information), including financial data, were stolen via a keylogger attack. The keylogger collected this information for over a period of a month before being discovered. How This Happened. The keylogger was residing...
You’re Not HIPAA Compliant Unless Your Mobile Devices Are Properly Encrypted. Advocate Health Care in Downers Grove, Illinois, experienced the second biggest HIPAA data breach ever when four of their unencrypted laptops were stolen. Electronic Personal Health Information (ePHI) for more than 4 million people was compromised. If these laptops had been properly encrypted, the...
EBay’s parent company E-commerce, is asking all their users to change their passwords after a cyber attack compromised their database. So far they haven’t reported any stolen financial data, but to be certain you aren’t affected, it’s best to change your password. E-commerce also owns PayPal, however their data is stored on a separate network,...
When looking for a victim, cyber criminals will go after small businesses that lack security controls. Hackers don’t want to go after the big companies that have layers of security in place — They want the easy targets. Unfortunately if you don’t have the proper security solutions in place, your small business is an easy...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proven that they’re serious about HIPAA infractions. They recently imposed the largest monetary fines for HIPAA noncompliance on two well-known New York City institutions — New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center. They will have to pay $4.8 million in fines because the electronic protected...
When you work with Veltec Networks as your trusted cybersecurity team, cybersecurity breaches, ransomware, and other security concerns will become distant memories.
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When you work with Veltec Networks as your trusted cybersecurity team, cybersecurity breaches, ransomware, and other security concerns will become distant memories.
We ensure: